<p>man, this might be the first year i'll miss most of the olympics..my dad decided to cut off the tv like literally a week before now, so i can't really watch it..i'm sooo mad!!! :mad:</p>
<p>yeah they're a bunch of monkeys
boycotting the Olympics is egregious and stupid</p>
<p>^ U.S. Haters=Monkeys!</p>
<p>no,
planehumpers!!</p>
<p>^ Um, Me gustan aviones.</p>
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seriously,
**** Tibet
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We want their 天然气.</p>
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am i the only one boycotting this on CC?
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<p>Nope I am too.</p>
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You might as well burn anything in your closet that says "Made in China"
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<p>As hard as it is to believe, it is possible to buy things that aren't made in China. It's hard, but if you look a little, it's not impossible.</p>
<p>i slept about halfway through the ceremony
it just did not interest me enough that i would have to sacrifice my sleeping time for it :P
i enjoyed the whole "beijing is going green for 2008!" fiasco but not the actual olympics itself</p>
<p>also missed it all</p>
<p>Oh, I hate sports. Opening and closing ceremonies tend to be cool though.</p>
<p>I think I'm just gonna watch Michael Phelps's swimming events, the diving events (<3 Alexandre Despatie), and the gymnastics events. 'cause those are the only interesting portions anyway!</p>
<p>I find this boycotting of the olympics rather ironic. Wasn't it originally a time where a truce was called between Greek citystates for fun and games? =P</p>
<p>I simply hate how people talk about Tibet with the Olympics. The Olympics isn't just an event for China, it's an event for the whole world. Athletes from around the world have been working so hard for this, and this event for for unity for all countries. Politics shouldn't mix with sports.</p>
<p>I also hate the hypocrisy of Free-Tibetans. After riots that killed many non-Tibetans, what was the government supposed to do, just let it go? Of course they're going to move troops there. It's just the radical young Tibetans who want separation, not even the Dalai Lama wants it.</p>
<p>Not that I entirely support China's policies, such as those with Sudan, but I just think that boycotting the Olympics is complete garbage because honestly, it's not going to hurt China's policies, just the athletes of the world participating.</p>
<p>I am boycotting China 2008.</p>
<p>mikep3 - do you support the genocide in Darfur too? sounds like it.</p>
<p>....what the does genocide have to do with the Olympics?</p>
<p>Mikep3 is absolutely right. They are two separate events. The fact that China's hosting the Olympics is absolutely irrelevant to what the Olympics represents.</p>
<p>On another note though, you know what? Boycotting is absolutely worthless anyway, except that it may somehow satisfy some quest for delusional self-accomplishment on the boycotters' part. You don't support China's policies? Boo freakin' hoo. Go and do something about it then.</p>
<p>Or do you not care enough to go ahead and do that. Yeah. Great. Nice halfassed job right there.</p>
<p>NBC is showing it the events on primetime. They are earning money from this, or rather, already have from advertising. They paid a crapload already to the Olympic Committee, so uh, you're not supporting or not supporting anything but your athletes and the Olympic spirit. Watch or not watch, the money is spent. You're not in Beijing, so China ain't getting any revenues...Impact approaching minuscule amounts?</p>
<p>And by "you" I am speaking generally.</p>
<p>And of course, if China starts talking crap, Sudan is just going to be all "get the hell out of my country." And China loses a trading partner.</p>
<p>I ended up putting the thing on mute and not even watching it because I get some crappy TV quality on NBC.</p>
<p>The president of China has ENORMOUS influence [concerning oil, investments, China purchases almost 3/4 of Sudans exports, monetary and military aid] over Sudan and could pretty easily use it to help stop the Darfur situation. But he doesn't. China has also recently blocked UN efforts to pressure Sudan into stopping the Darfur genocide. Sooo...</p>
<p>and btw I am not boycotting the Olympics.</p>
<p>I don't believe you understand. I also don't understand what this "pretty easily" terminology you use is about. What do you mean, pretty easily?</p>
<p>"China purchases almost 3/4 of Sudan's exports" Doesn't that mean like, China needs these exports? I don't think a country will purchase from another for the sake of the other country. It means that China can obtain goods from Sudan at a good price that China is willing to pay.</p>
<p>I doubt China is willing to stunt its growth in these turbulent times by risking cutting off connection from its trading partners from organizations whom it owes little. I don't know it's just me, but logically, it seems to me that a country won't decide to operate at a loss.</p>
<p>So unless the UN is going "we'll sell you this stuff at the same price" I don't see a logical reason for China to demand anything out of Sudan.</p>
<p>It's more of a big deal for Sudan about the exports. ~75% of their exports are bought by China, but those same exports only make up like 1/5 of China's imports. "Pretty easily" - I was being more colloquial since we are on the internet, instead of scientific and specific with my term.</p>